Why is it harder to receive hook serves from right handers than pendulum serves?

[Machi]

How do I return counter clockwise spins? What bat position should I make?

 

[canonFH]

Try to receive on BH if you can.

 

[Machi]

I also forgot to say I am left-handed

 

[Dr Evil]

Many options. In general, control is easier if you go with the spin. For counter-clockwise spin, this means moving the blade from your left to right on direct contact (or contacting the right side of the ball and going forward).

 

[_ak]

Lefty is here. It doesn't matter much as long as you give your own direction and spin. Just drive or loop it, flick if it's short.

Hovewer well executed half-long hook towards my elbow is trickier than pendulum just because it drifts towards BH. Maybe it's personal, but still just step aside and hit it with BH or FH, whatever is more comfortable to you.

Balls drifting towards wide FH are easier to me just because too many right handers abused such serve and I got used to it and can loop it hard.

 

[blahness]

I also forgot to say I am left-handed

With FH, you have to fade loop it or at least do an almost pure topspin loop going from back to top of ball (never around the left side of the ball, that is when you will eat the sidespin full on).

Careful with the top/bottom component, you have to read it carefully.